When buying my house we went during the visit also to the basement. At this place the so called Mercedes of the house was installed: The Vitola 200 oil-fired heating/boiler controlled by the Vitotronic 200 type KW2 produced by the firm Viessmann. Installation and material was about 6000 euro when checking the invoice. Maybe this… Continue reading Home automation: Controlling your heating remotely
Miscellaneous Questions and Answers
In this article several issues related to Linux and applications will be discussed. The format will be in a question and answer based manner. For questions regarding Android, please check the article: Android: Questions and Answers For questions regarding Raspberry Pi, please check the article: Raspberry Pi: Questions and Answers Linux Linux is a Unix-like… Continue reading Miscellaneous Questions and Answers
Raspberry Pi: Raspbian – Modify image
In this post you will learn how to make some (tiny) changes in the Raspbian SD card image before writing it on the micro SD card. Assumptions You downloaded a Raspbian image (i.e. 2015-11-21-raspbian-jessie.img) You are using a computer running Ubuntu (or other linux distribution) Mount Raspbian partition You need to mount the Raspbian partition… Continue reading Raspberry Pi: Raspbian – Modify image
Raspberry Pi: Cross compile HelloWorld
In this tutorial you will learn the basics how to cross compile a simple program for the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. Why would you like to cross compile? The two major reasons why you would like to cross compile are: Increasing speed of compilation Decreasing wear out of SD card Besides of that the… Continue reading Raspberry Pi: Cross compile HelloWorld